Improvement in agricultural locomotive



wheels of the wagon,

and taking a portion o f the weight of the machine oii tion and opeiation.

1- @that CoNRAnLoCHe-R, or OROVILLE, 0.ALIF0RNIA.

Letters Patent No. 82,963, dated October 13,

IN AGRICULTURAL LOCMOTIVE. WITHr mmulcmtredqmthMLemPwntlndmlHngpmqftheme.

To .all whom (it ma/y concern Be it known that I, CONRAD Loenen, of Orovilie, in the county of Butte. and State of Galifoina, have invented a new and useful Agricultural Locomotive, with Spading-Apparatns attached; and Ido hereby declare that the following isa 1ll,'clear, and exact description of the wustl-notion and operation of the same,'reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure I is a side view, 'with a port-ion of the flame broken away to show averties! cut through the centre of an agricultural locomotive, with spoiling-apparatus attached, constructed according to my iuvention.

Figure II is a plan of the same, in the position of` turiiing a curve.-

The nature of my invention consists'in constructing a wagon with four or more wheels, which are all driven by gears, so, in turning a curve, each one 'adopts the speed the curve requires, and the whole driven-b3 stemmengines, and so arranged as to run over uneven ground and turn short curves.; andin constmcting a set of revolving spaders, with mould-board'for tin'ning the soil, attached to a horizontal shaft, in the form of a screw. They also receive their motion from the engines, and revolve in the same direction as the so as to assist the locomotion,

the hind wheels'when plowing. 4 l To enable others skilled in the ait to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construe- Description.

A represents the upper platform, made of timber.

B, the middle platform.

0,'the boiler.

D, the engines. ,l

E, the main crank-shaft.

F i's a conical Agear on the main crank-shaft, diivingI pinion G and H. Gcommunicates the power through shaftI to conicai pinion J, which gears into the conical gear K, fastened to the spader-shaft L. Conical. pinion H commuicatesthe power, through shaft M, toA conical pinion N, whichV gears Ainto the conical wheel O fastened tol shaft P, which vrims to the middle of the wagon, and terminates in mitre-gear Q, driving its mate R, -to which is fastened a box, S, (that turns loose on shaft '.l and U,) holding equalizing-gears composed of three bevel-gears, of which N o. 1 turns ona. pin'sstened to thehox S; No. 2 is fastened to shalt T, running towards the hind axle; No. -3 is fastened to shan: U, running towards the loing-bolt Y.- Comcal pinion W is fastened on'shaft T, and gears into oonical wheel X, which has a box attached holding eqnal ears similar to the first, of which No. 4 turns on thg pin fastened to the box; No. 5 is keyed to shaft Y, and pinion Z on itsV end gears intothe inside gear of iight hind wheel; N o. 6 is keyed to shafts, and its pinion b gears into the inside gear of le hind wheel. ,ShaftU has a mitre-gear c attached to its -front end, driving its mate d on king-bolt V. Y

gear d has a. clutch on its lo'wer'slnfaoe, catching into a similar clutch on the upper surface of mitre F, and turns on king-bolt 11. King-bolt 'V is fastened to the upper frame, ando to the middle frame. Outside of mitre-gears d and Fis a universal joint, g, which keeps the king-bolts V and 'v concentric, and couples the upper and middle frame. Two pins of the uni# veisal joint are fastened to the middle frame, and the other two pins are fastened to the ring h` which tln'ns in a box, i, in the upper frame. Mitre-gear f drives its mate j, with its eqnalizing-box.1` Shaft k runs towards the middle axle, and conical pinion l, on its end, gears into conical wheel fm. with its equalizing-box, (similar to "the" one on the hind axle) driving the middle wheels. Shaft 'n V'runs towards the king-holt of the front axle, and its miisepinion o gears in its mate p on the king-bolt q. p is a double pinion, of which the lower one geals into conical wheel rfwith its equalz ing-box, (similar tothe one on the hind axle,)d1iving the front wheels. Shaft -n runs through a box cast onthe worm-wheel s, and isv hinged to the middle flame, concentric with the shaft n. King-holt q comes up through the centre of the worin-wheel s. tis a worm with its boxes on frame u, and gears in worinwheel s. w' is the sha of the worm, withhandewhecl y. x is the platform for the pilot. The front axle isfastened on the frame u, forward of the king-bolt q, so

`as to make it t'nrn a. smaller curve. Y I I are two frames, one end of which carries the spadingapparatus, the other end being held concentric with the engine shaft. II II are segments which gear into pinions III III on shaft IV. V is a worm-wheel onsha; IV. VI is a worm with shaft and hand-wheelfL-to raise and lower the spaders with mould-boards. 'f l, i

The spaders have a pick-point and side-cutter resem-- ,bling a plow, and the shape is such that their periphery does not `crowd on the 'soil as the locomotive goes aheadi. l g When not plowing, the spader-shaft I.'- is raised by means of thc worm VI, so as to bring the.

'weight of `thespaders over the hind axle.

The boiler and engines may beof any' suitable form. The width of the wagon-tires will be proportioned to the weight of the locomotive, so as to run vover soit ground. All the gearsyvill .be protected so that no sand can getinte them. l

Each spades; will take a' lump of soil about ten or twelveinches in width,twelve. inches in length, and as deep as may be deemed proper, out it o like a spade, raise and turn it like a. plofwpand drop it,

thereby breaking it up. It has the 'saine effect on a field as cross-plowing. The sonders will be made of Y e-ny suitable materiel, composed of'` spider, spade, ii.ould-boaird, and point, so they may be readily replaced if worn out.

The greet advantage of this agricultural locomotive consists in the hermonizingcoinbesion of the whole. In plowing, only two of elle spaders .will enter the soil ettlie seine moment, es the spoilers :ne seio in n screwform. The power itreoinires rodrivethe spoilers into the :soil `mires a portion of the `weight: (of the rezn part) of `tise-Inznzhille oi the hind axle, whereby Jshe. wheels will notsinlr. mch into `the `"sofi soil. The

periphery of the spoilers is about-double che speed of the wagon-wheels, but rotate in the same direction, thereby cutting backwards, andhelp -bo propel the machine. it' the speders strike n large boulder, they will llii', theznachine over it. 'The locomotive will plow' like'"wrigliiehend, plow. The spadeis are left hand, 4bulJ 'lieyicnt backward, they do the work of a. right-hendplcw.

The locomotive may be used as :i steam-wagon on tnrnpikes, ne eli the wheels are driven by the engines, or may be employed for driving threshing-machines, er snwmiills, or :my other purpose. i The engines wiil have clutches so as to detach the Spalding-apparatus' or the gearing of the Wagon.

l do not claim equalizing-gears, as they have been made before; but- What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, isf- Y 1. The application of equalizing gears between the axles of e wagon, so, iii-turning a curve, each wheel adopts the. speed which the curve requires, and receives its propelling motion from the engines, 4by mea-ns oi' gearing or their equivalent.

2. The gearing and connectionthrough bolt-s.

The spoilers, so constructed that they enter the soil like :i vpiolr, (nearly vertical out off a slice like a spade, and' turn it over like a. plow. 4. Turning the spajders in the same direction es the wagon, thereby assisting locomotion.

5. The combination of the whole, in the way and manner herein set forth.

thc king- OONRAD LOCHER.

Witnesses:

THEOPHILUS LOCHER, l GEO. C. PERKINS. 

